nextlab Selected for 'AX-Sprint 300' Project!
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nextlab has been selected for the AX-Sprint 300, a government AI commercialization support program.
What is the AX-Sprint 300?
AX-Sprint 300 is a government-wide AI Transformation (AX) acceleration project jointly promoted by 11 relevant ministries. Its goal is to provide intensive support for the commercialization of AI products and services capable of launching into the market within a short period in sectors closely related to our daily lives and industries, such as manufacturing, agriculture, livestock, fisheries, and land and transportation. In essence, it is a project in which the government takes direct action to ensure that AI technology moves beyond the laboratory and rapidly takes root in the field.
Among the projects carried out by nextlab is the ' Development of AI Foreign Matter Detector for Meat ' organized by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and a consortium was formed with Now Systems and Soluray to sign an agreement on March 24, 2026.
Why is this project necessary?
Syringe needles inside pork belly, pus pockets inside sausages, plastic fragments mixed in during the meat processing process—even at this very moment, there is a risk that invisible foreign substances are heading to consumers' tables from meat processing sites. Conventional metal detectors or standard X-ray equipment have fundamental limitations in accurately detecting microscopic foreign substances measuring 1 to 2 mm or irregularly shaped foreign objects like pus. Relying on visual inspection by on-site workers is no different.
In fact, when nextlab visited several meat processing companies in person to investigate prior to the business proposal, it was found that the rate of pus contamination averaged 20%, and on some days reached as high as 50%. Despite being aware of the problem, there was no suitable solution.
The reason nextlab was selected
nextlab has been verifying its technology in actual mass production environments by supplying its X-ray-based AI foreign object detection solution , Beyond X-Ray, to manufacturing sites in industries such as sewing and meat processing. Directly proven results in the field, such as an 80% reduction in false detection rates compared to conventional X-ray systems and zero shipments of products contaminated with foreign objects since delivery, served as the core basis for this project selection. It was a selection made possible because there was evidence that we had "already accomplished it," rather than merely stating that we "could do it in the future."
What is being developed this time is
In this project, nextlab is developing a new device that takes the existing Beyond X-Ray a step further. Moving away from the approach of relying on a single X-ray sensor, it is a modular, expandable AI meat foreign object detector that fuses X-ray, visible light, and hyperspectral cameras into a single device. Because the three sensors analyze foreign objects from multiple angles using their respective strengths, it becomes possible to detect non-metallic surface foreign objects, microscopic metals, and even pus, which existing equipment had deemed "impossible" or "limited."
We also plan to integrate a cloud platform to establish an environment where AI engines can be remotely updated and inspection history viewed in real time from anywhere on-site. Our goal is not merely to supply equipment, but to elevate the meat industry's safety management system to the next level.
The project will run until December 2026, and nextlab will oversee the entire process, from the development of the AI analysis engine to the construction of the cloud platform and field demonstration.
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